Uttam Kumar Reddy, the President of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on the 18th of July, demanded the Telangana Government to provide compensation for COVID-19 victims.
The Indian National Congress (INC) party in Telangana, on the 18th of July, launched an online campaign, ‘Speak up Telangana.’
Uttam Kumar Reddy invited all the students, unemployed youth, teachers, scholars and businessmen to join the campaign to support small traders, workers and illiterate during the crisis.
The INC also asked the public of Telangana to promote the campaign on all the social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram and YouTube.
They said that the people should be aware of their rights and should pressure the State Government.
Listing out those rights and demands, Uttam Kumar Reddy asked the State Government to include COVID-19 treatment in Aarogyasri, decrease treatment charges in private hospitals, 50 % of beds should be under government control, the betterment of oxygen and ventilator facilities in hospitals, Rs. 10 lakh compensation to the families of people who succumbed to COVID-19, Rs. 50 lakh compensation to the doctors, police and sanitation workers who died of the virus.
Meanwhile, Telangana reported a total of 42,496 cases of the Novel Coronavirus, of the total 13,388 are active cases, 28,705 cases are recovered/discharged and 403 are deceased.
